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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: kankhan@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 21:57:17 -0700
Subject: Dear Trustable partner

NAME:Mrs Kan Khan,
EMAIL:mrs_kankhan_230@yahoo.com,
STRRET:military zone A4,
STATE:Bagdad,
COUNTRY:Iraq:

Dear Trustable partner,

I am Mrs Kan Khan woman bassed in bagdad in iraq, i contact you for a
little assistance you can render to me.Due to the situation here in in iraq,those
of us in the business circle are finding it very difficult to cope with
the situation here,no stable Goverment,bomb explotion at strategic places
every now and then,sometimes people find it very difficult to go about their
normal businesses due to fear of being victim of terrorist attack,above
all.the crisis in iraq now has made business activities totaly parallised
for quite sometime now.for intance,no good telephone facilities,no adiquate
security,i! nfact,all most all the basic ! infrastructure were destroyed
during the recent war in iraq,ever since then .the enveroment in iraq has
never been condusive business wise.

Please,why i need your assistance is that i have about (us$10.000.000)Ten
million united states Dollars in my custody.i inherited the money from
late my husband who was a major general in iraqi army in charge of purchase
and maintainance in the immediate past regime.My intention is to move the
money out of Iraq and invest the money in stock market or real estate in
your country with the help of an honest person who will work with me as
my foreign associate, i want to invest most of the money abroad to avoid
lossing the money, because it is not wise doing business in the atmosphere
of fear here in iraq,that's why i am calling on you.If you can honestly
collaborate with me ,i am ready to pay you up to 20% of the total amount
if you can sincerely assist me to actualise this project soon,because the
situation here in iraq is very critical,the everyday bomb explotion seems
to have no end.I wait patiently for your urgent response to me by E-mail:
mrs_kankhan_230@yahoo.com.

Best regards

Mrs Kan Khan.



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